Lock the EVs biggest con thread?

Lock the EVs biggest con thread?

Poll: Lock the EVs biggest con thread?

Total Members Polled: 44

Please close it.: 43%
No, leave it open.: 57%
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Pixelpeep Electric

Original Poster:

8,600 posts

147 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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There is a thread running "Are Electric Cars the biggest con on the planet???" - it has somehow grown to 500 odd pages of troll and response.

Nothing new is being added and in my opinion, points have been explained and ignored, facts have been presented and ignored so clearly it was an exercise in trolling that should now be closed.

So the question is - should the thread "Are Electric Cars the biggest con on the planet???" be closed?

Toaster Pilot

14,647 posts

163 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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Or… radical idea here… don’t read it?

paulrockliffe

15,929 posts

232 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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Pixelpeep Electric said:
There is a thread running "Are Electric Cars the biggest con on the planet???" - it has somehow grown to 500 odd pages of troll and response.

Nothing new is being added and in my opinion, points have been explained and ignored, facts have been presented and ignored so clearly it was an exercise in trolling that should now be closed.

So the question is - should the thread "Are Electric Cars the biggest con on the planet???" be closed?
Ridiculous.

Pixelpeep Electric

Original Poster:

8,600 posts

147 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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Toaster Pilot said:
Or… radical idea here… don’t read it?
Logical. Can't really argue with that.. smile

xx99xx

2,161 posts

78 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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It's not very democratic to try and get other people's threads closed just because you don't like the content.

Most of the threads in the NPE section would be closed if everyone took that approach.

As already suggested, best to just ignore it and people will soon get bored once no-one is taking the bait.

JackJarvis

2,521 posts

139 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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When you say 'troll', do you mean posts you don't agree with?

Pixelpeep Electric

Original Poster:

8,600 posts

147 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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xx99xx said:
It's not very democratic to try and get other people's threads closed just because you don't like the content.

Most of the threads in the NPE section would be closed if everyone took that approach.

As already suggested, best to just ignore it and people will soon get bored once no-one is taking the bait.
It's not that i don't like it, i just wondered how many others felt like it was trolling and pointless rather than actually useful.

I worry that people who are on the fence with dipping a toe into EV ownership will read a few posts in that thread and think that's how it is.

Opinion is fine, fact is fine. It's just when opinion is given AS fact there becomes a problem.

But, you are right. I'll just remove the thread from my watchlist and move on with my life smile

Super Sonic

6,777 posts

59 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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You forget the 'dont know/care' option!
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